Etched Bright with Sunlight - Michael Finnissy

Etched Bright with Sunlight - Michael Finnissy

Nicolas Hodges has a particular affinity with Finnissy, more that half the music on the disc is dedicated to or was commissioned by Hodges or received their first performance by him. The title comes from one “chapter” of a series of pieces under the overall title of ‘The History of Photography in Sound’ written between

“Finnissy’s abstruse style demands phenomenal accuracy and musicianship from the player, and gets it here from the pianist Nicolas Hodges. His control of

the unbelievably elaborate, half-hour title piece is astonishing.” Sunday Times